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Laegest Photo Piniebing x"1ent in Canada Address WORK ON St PAUL'S IN PRIMARY STAGE 'PRESERVATION OPERATIONS REVEAL BUILDING FACTS Arch i,s of Burford Stone—Numerous Carved. Capitals Not Original Piers by Wren. During the war a work of the first importance has been going forward on the fabric of St. Paul's. Cathedral. The fears of those experts who were of opinion, a few years ago, that a very serious task awaited the repair- ers have been more than justified; and in particular, the south transept has been discovered to be in so shat- tered a condition that the cement used to strengthen and solidify the walls has found its way out, in sev- eral cases into the ,streets and gar- dens beyond., This article by Mer- vyn E. Macartney, however, deals. with the completion of the repairs to the southwest ,pier of the dome, which marks a primary stage in the work of restoration at St. Paul's. Now that the boarding has been removed, it is possible for any one to observe the extent of what has been virtually the rebuilding of this vital support of the dome. The whiteness of the substituted stones sljows distinctly how the 3000 cubic feet of new masonry has been insert- ed. It has only been possible to 'tarry out this work by using the greatest care to avoid disturbance of the enormous weight of 8000 tons which it iscalculated that each pier carries, Any sudden withdrawal of large extent of support might have involved most serious dislocation of pressure and created an alarming condition of affairs. It says a great deal for the care :and efficient workmanship of the artificers, contractors, and expert ad visers that no perceptible settlement has occurred during the progress of the work. It would be untrue to say that no feelings of alarm have ex- isted while these operations have been proeeding. But, fortunately, so nnwh diligence has been exercised that no untoward accident has marked the steady march of restoration during the four or five years that have elap- sed since the work -was begun. Interesting Facts Discovered. Many interesting facts have come to light, such as that the main stone on which the two arches pitch prov- ed to be a huge block;' of Burford stone and not Portland which Wren employed in this pier. This stone was cracked right through. We know that great difficulties beset the build- ers in obtaininglarge g stones, and. evidently this block was utilized be- cause there was no other of that. scantling available from Portland. Its dimensions were five feet by six feet by two feet three inehes. To replace it being impossible, the shattered portions, weighing four and a half tons, were removed, and as •large a piece of Portland .inserted as was practicable; which,>gouted in cement, has made a sound base at this point. Another discovery was the fact that a great many - of the .carv- ed capitals were not the originals, but poor copies insecurely fixed to the stone behind them by cramps, dowels, and lead. In many cases so badly had they been fixed that they fell off on the slightest attempt to examine them. Althoughpositive ithoug.i no i eL 4 .fence exists to show when they were executed, we may assume that they were of later date than Wren's building. No work of such a "shod- dy" description would have beenpas- sed assed by Wren or Ilawksmoor. When the full weight of the dome came on the piers it caused serious satterings of the stone walling, and it clearly went on during the first half of the eighteenth century, as the rubble felling of the piers dried and became compressed, The core or rubble filling is not of uniform quality. A great deal of the mortar was made with a lime obtained by burning chalk lime or shells. Had Wren used even a poorly hydraulic lime he would have hada much more satisfactory agglo- merate. Considering the extraordin- ary aptitude of this genius for ex- periments, more particularly in ellenl- istry, one is lost in wonder that he should have used such a poor cement, especially as he was always lauding the "fine Roman manner" and meant himself to "build for eternity;" That he was imposed upon by same of the contractors is likely; we know that there were eight or nine, not all of them of the same excellence as the Strongs. Por instance, in the con- struction of the S. E. pier the work is not nearly as good as that of the S. W. pier; the mortar is worse and the masonry of a very inferior char- acter. in . nn, tnteatisfa, ctory g to a the faulty system `of' reptr,ir, it was de_. ter•rdinerl to carry out 'a complete rr- storatien about 1781 awl to close the Cathedral for nearly two years, Mylne seems to I1ave,used a large ?alumni of stone veneer in his repairs and also iron cramps. Airing to the.lbrmation of rust solve' of the 'masonry has:, cracked and split in all directions. We have removed every iron clamp And dowel so as to safeguard the public from all. danger.of•falling stone .as far as this pier is concerned. These papers of Mylne refer to sorne,of the works carried out, such as the iron bands forged by "ships anchor smiths" and the 'compensation" worked on the moldings and on the main eornioe' level to disguise .the settlements over the four .arches of the transept, EYi- deuces of these works are there to this day. Method of Construction. To improve the power of resistance of the filling in the S. W. pier the method was employed of solidifying by liquid grout. By this means it is believed that in addition to the two feet of reliable stonework on each side of the pier, we have consolidated at least an extra six inches of the core and possibly one foot, Taking a mean of nine inches, this means that. the reconstituted work on the pier represents about half of the sectional area of the pier (Le., two feet on each face equals four feet, and nine inches of grouted core on each face equals one foot six inches—total, five feet six inches out of nine feet six inches). Another discovery was the method of construction of the building. The piers were built up with setoffs—that is to say, the masonry was reduced in area as the work gained height,. The foundations were set .in a of very hard clay and consist of two layers of stone each two feet thick and spreading out four feet, all round the crypt -piers. The piers in the crypt are set back-i.e:, .reduced from this to sixteen feet by twenty-two feet. This size is carried up to the impost or molding from which the vaulting of the crypt starts. We discovered that at this point—i.e., the level of the impost—the piers were set back or reduced two feet. They then con- tinued perpendicularly till within two feet of the floor of the church. At that point they went back to the face of the pier. The Rev. R. S. Mylne, a great- grandson of Robert Mylne, a surveyor of the Cathedral from 1765-1821 and a member of a family of masons for several generations, said he had de- posited the accounts connected with St. Paul's left hila by his ancestor in the library at Lambeth Palade.. We learn from them that there had been serious destruction of the stone work and that it had been covered ug Sold at the same fair" price as before the,war. 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So barbarous has been Germany's treatment of prisoners that some ob- servers are justly enraged at this at- tempt to wheedle sympathy and gen- tle dealing for the vanquished foe at the Peace Conference. The document given to departing prisoners is re- published by the London Westminster Gazette, which says that "as an ex- ample of effrontery to men who have learned by bitter experience the true nature of the German, it would be. hard to parallel." It is called "A Parting Word," and begins as follows: "Gentlemen, the war is over! A little while and you will see your na, tive land again, your homes, your loved ones, your friends When you are already united to your families, thousands of our country- men will still , be pining in far-off prison camps with hearts as hungry for home as -yours. "You have suffered in confinement as who would not? ' Your situation has been a difficult one. Our own has been desperate. Our country block- aded, our civil population, and army suffering from want of sufficient food and materials, the enormous demands made upon our 'harassed land from every side—these and lna.ny other af- flictions made it impossible to do all that we should have liked to do. Un - deer the circumstances we did our best to lessen the hardships of your lot, to insure your comfort, to provide you with pastime employment, mental and bodily recreation. It is not likely that you will ever know how difficult our circulnstances have been." With square -head clumsiness the authorities go on to admit that "er- rors have been committed, and that there have been hardships for which the former system was to blame," There have been "wrongs and -evils•on both sides,". it is touchingly confessed, and "we hope that you will always that—and be . 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